At 3pm on Wednesday, 10 more bodies were brought in and buried, he added. “These people died overnight from injuries, obviously.”

Another gravedigger, who also asked that his name not be used, supported the account. “We hope we are done with the burials,” he said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but the blasts bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram, the armed group that has waged a deadly campaign of violence in Africa’s most populous country since 2009, and often deploys suicide bombers in crowded places.

The last time so many people were killed in an attack blamed on Boko Haram was in January 2016, when at least 85 people lost their lives in Dalori, on the outskirts of Maiduguri.

Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajoon on Wednesday told security agencies to beef up security in Mubi and its surrounding areas, “especially markets and places of worship”.